Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King by Patrick Olivelle

Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King

Patrick Olivelle

380 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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There are few historical figures more integral to South Asian history than Emperor Ashoka, a third-century BCE king who ruled over a larger area of the Indian subcontinent than anyone else before British colonial rule. Ashoka sought not only to r...

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